Nation and World
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Beloved dog joined Minnesota lawmaker, husband as they lay in state
Jun 28, 2025 4:17 pm - Thousands of people lined up at the Minnesota Capitol to pay tribute to slain lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, as they lay in state Friday, ahead of Saturd...
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‘Kisses yes, Bezos No,’ protesters say, as Bezos wedding bonanza stirs controversy in Venice
Jun 28, 2025 4:13 pm - VENICE, Italy — Hundreds of protesters marched through Venice's central streets on Saturday to say “No” to billionaire Jeff Bezos, his bride and their much-awaited weddin...
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Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families.
Jun 28, 2025 4:01 pm - In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early. Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children. Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles. Today, however, some preventable, contagious diseases are making a comeback as vaccine hesitancy pushes immunization rates down.
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Trump says he will move aggressively to undo nationwide blocks on his agenda
Jun 28, 2025 3:30 pm - An emboldened Trump administration plans to aggressively challenge blocks on the president’s top priorities, a White House official said, following a major Supreme Court ...
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Senate excludes trillions in debt to make Trump’s tax bill seem cheaper
Jun 28, 2025 3:13 pm - Senate Republicans slapped a price tag on their tax package that is nearly 90% lower than the version that recently passed the House. They didn’t bring the price down by ...
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At least 60 people killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza as ceasefire prospects inch closer
Jun 28, 2025 8:51 am - At least 60 people were killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health workers said Saturday, as Palestinians face a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and ceasefire prospects inch closer.
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Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill clears key Senate vote as Republicans race to pass it by July 4
Jun 28, 2025 8:44 am - The Senate is expected to grind through a rare weekend session as Republicans race to pass President Donald Trump's package of tax breaks and spending cuts by his July Fourth deadline.
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Supreme Court to rehear case over Louisiana’s second majority-Black district
Jun 27, 2025 9:38 pm - The Supreme Court on Friday put off deciding whether to uphold a Louisiana map that added a second majority-Black congressional district in the state, saying it would reh...
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Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas
Jun 27, 2025 9:34 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the fee that is added to phone bills to provide billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and internet services in sc...
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DOGE loses control over government grants website, freeing up billions
Jun 27, 2025 7:26 pm - The U.S. DOGE Service has lost the power to control the government’s process for awarding billions of dollars in federal funds, the latest sign of the team’s declining in...